This collection of Apple, Fig and Pumpkin Desserts for Early September is perfect for the weeks when the shops fill up with new season apples and the hedgerows are full of blackberries.
There are crumbles, cakes, a pie and a few Turkish puddings in here, and most of them use only a handful of ingredients. The one at number 10 is the one to keep for a rainy weekend. Save this list for the next time you have a bag of apples to use up.
Apple and Blueberry Crumble
Apples and blueberries are baked under a crumble topping made with flour, butter, demerara sugar and chopped walnuts. It takes 40 minutes from start to finish. Serve it after a Sunday roast with custard or cream.
To learn more: Apple and Blueberry Crumble
Fig Cake
This is a soft bundt cake made with yoghurt and topped with Greek yoghurt, fresh figs, pistachios and a little honey. Fresh figs are only in the shops for a few weeks, so this is the time to make it. The cake takes about 50 minutes and can be baked the day before.
To learn more: Fig Cake
Air Fryer Sliced Apples with Cinnamon, Under 20 Minutes
Apple slices are tossed with a little brown sugar, melted butter and cinnamon, then cooked in the air fryer. Serve them warm with yoghurt, ice cream or on top of porridge. This is the quickest thing on the list, and the slowest one is waiting at number 9.
To learn more: Air Fryer Sliced Apples with Cinnamon
Kabak Tatlısı - Easy Turkish Pumpkin Dessert
Pumpkin pieces are cooked slowly in sugar until soft and syrupy, then served with walnuts and a spoonful of tahini on top. It uses a handful of ingredients and takes about 40 minutes. Number 6 is the other Turkish pudding here that needs no oven.
To learn more: Kabak Tatlısı - Easy Turkish Pumpkin Dessert
Apple Crisp Recipe Without Oats
Apples are cooked with brown sugar, lemon and a cinnamon stick, then baked under a buttery flour and walnut crumble. It is ready in about 45 minutes. This is the one to make if you do not like oats in your crumble topping.
To learn more: Apple Crisp Recipe Without Oats
Turkish Fig Pudding
Dried figs are blended with warm milk and left to set in the fridge, with no eggs, no gelatine and no oven. It is served cold with crushed walnuts and grape molasses. Prep takes about half an hour, then it sets on its own in the fridge.
To learn more: Turkish Fig Pudding
Air Fryer Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Save the seeds from the pumpkin dessert, toss them with olive oil and salt and cook them in the air fryer for about 25 minutes. They are a snack rather than a pudding, but they use the part most people throw away. Keep a jar for sprinkling over soups and salads.
To learn more: Air Fryer Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
These cookies are made with pumpkin purée, cinnamon, brown sugar and chocolate chips on a gluten-free flour base. They take 30 minutes and the cream cheese in the dough keeps them soft. The next slide is the slow one, so plan it for a weekend.
To learn more: Gluten Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ayva Tatlisi
Quince halves are simmered slowly in sugar syrup with a cinnamon stick and cloves until they turn deep red, then chilled for a few hours. It needs about an hour on the hob and almost none of that is hands-on. Serve it cold with kaymak or clotted cream and crushed pistachios.
To learn more: Ayva Tatlisi
Homemade Apple and Blackberry Pie
Apples and blackberries are cooked with sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg and baked in a homemade yoghurt pastry. It takes around an hour and 40 minutes including the pastry. The blackberries can come straight from the hedgerow, which is the whole point of making it in September.
To learn more: Homemade Apple and Blackberry Pie
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